Damn, I like the "Holy Ageswap" one (DC). Any sneak peaks to share with us?
Okay! That one's Catching Stars and Comet's masterfic. Here's some of the Steph chapter rewrite, since the original chapter blew up along with my laptop etc. etc.
“Hi,” the stranger behind her whispers. It takes Steph a second to place the familiarity she can hear under the wet, strained voice.
Oh. Steph knows who it is. It’s Robin.
Robin’s always so…chatty. There’s something to him, something larger than life; whatever makes him a little hero instead of a boy in a cape. Whatever makes him a kid-size threat, rather than…
…Well. A boy in a cape.
Now he just sounds like any other boy. Croaky. Overwrought. But Robin knows her, and he knows how to hide any part of his human self behind his colorful shell.
It’s notable that he’s standing behind her, and that she can’t move to see him.
Steph hears Robin sniff. There’s a moment of silence, where Steph imagines he might be wiping his nose or his eyes. “You won’t be able to move for another half hour,” Robin admits to her quietly.
Steph freaking knew it.
“I…” Robin tries again. She hears him sigh. “Black Mask is dead. I crushed his head like a grape.”
Stephanie’s heart stops.
He—he just—
“It was so easy,” Robin confesses, and Stephanie wants to throw up. “Do you know how much force it takes to nail those flips? I’d always calculated it in my head, but I never tried it. I nailed him dead on in an instant. It took no effort at all.”
this fic is so much fun bc it's 98% all of the characters being idiots and then the other 2% is this one skk exchange
“If the universe keeps getting in the way of her plans, she’ll eventually decide it just wasn’t meant to be and put a stop to it altogether.”
“But it’s not destiny intervening; it’s us.”
“Is there a difference?”